(12525) Kathleenloia Main-belt Asteroid

Discovered on 23 April 1998 by LINEAR at Socorro.

Kathleen Loia mentored a finalist in the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a science competition for high school seniors. She teaches at the Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #5, 8), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL

Where Kathleenloia is today

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Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Kathleenloia is 3.09 au from the Sun and 2.73 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.

Facts

Number12525
Provisional designation1998 HT147
Orbit classMain-belt Asteroid
Diameter4.85 km (#10,906 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size)
Albedo0.130
Absolute magnitude (H)14.68
Orbital period4.37 years
Semi-major axis2.67 au
Perihelion – aphelion2.15 – 3.19 au
Eccentricity0.195
Inclination14.1°
Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID)1.19 au

Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.

Also named after someone called Kathleen

Also discovered on 23 April 1998

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